at a time
idiom
1
: during one particular moment
I can only do one thing at a time.
Please speak one at a time and not all at once.
We carried the boxes two at a time up the stairs.
2
: during one period of time without stopping
She can sit and read for hours at a time.
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In an anecdote relayed during Vedder’s 2020 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, the artist said he almost got involved with A Star Is Born before Cooper took the Maine role, at a time when Sean Penn was attached to star and Clint Eastwood set to direct.
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 May 2024
Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, was the lead GOP negotiator on police reform and had authored a bill of his own after Floyd's death that was blocked by Senate Democrats at a time when many in their party supported a farther-reaching effort of their own.
—Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 25 May 2024
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 May 2024
Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, was the lead GOP negotiator on police reform and had authored a bill of his own after Floyd's death that was blocked by Senate Democrats at a time when many in their party supported a farther-reaching effort of their own.
—Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 25 May 2024
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“At a time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%20time. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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